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Poems of William MacRitchie, (1754-1837), minister of Clunie, Perthshire

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCR
Scope and Contents Composite volume, mainly containing poems written by Rev. William MacRitchie in 1775.Item 1: Selection of items pasted into the front end board and flyleaf. Includes a short printed poem titled ‘Song; June, tho’ prudence may press me’, and sketches of Castle Stewart and a mountain at the head of Glencoe. 'Song; June...' appears later in the volume in manuscript at p.81.Item 2: Section titled ‘Poems chiefly in the year 1775, written on 164 numbered quarto pages. An...
Dates: 1775-1809
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Poetry album of Louisa Agnes Czarnecki

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-480
Identifier: Coll-2090
Content Description This is an album dated 1861 belonging to Scottish poet Louisa Agnes Czarnecki, who was married to Arthur Antoine Czarnecki, a Polish exile residing in Scotland. The album primarily focuses on politically engaged poetry that vehemently protests against "Russian atrocities" while celebrating the triumph of Garibaldi in Italy.The volume comprises a variety of interesting elements, including original manuscript poetry written by Czarnecki herself. These poems are accompanied by...
Dates: 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Portolano Charts

 Fonds — Folder: Dc.1.40
Identifier: Coll-398
Scope and Contents

This particular small collection is composed of charts drawn by Franciscus Oliva, one of a well-known family of Italian map-makers, in Marseille in 1650. The charts are of the Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the coasts of Western Europe and North-western Africa.

Dates: 1650
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Portraits of clergymen and public figures

 Fonds
Identifier: MS POR2
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below) for details.

Dates: c.1860-1936
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Portraits of ministers of the United Free Church of Scotland

 Fonds
Identifier: MS BOX 31.2
Scope and Contents

See External Documents (below) for details.

Dates: 1928
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Positive Help

 Fonds
Identifier: GD1-145
Scope and Contents

Comprises of reports and reviews, leaflets, and newspaper clippings about the activities of Positive Help and issues around HIV and AIDS.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1989 - 1995
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive

Postcard photograph of Edinburgh University Hare and Hounds 1923-1924

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1616
Scope and Contents H. Mumford (Robert Harold Mumford) is shown in a postcard photograph of the Edinburgh University Hare and Hounds team, 1923-1924. Seated centrally in the posed group photograph is R. Everett, the Captain, a Blue, on a chair swathed in a tartan blanket. From left to right (front) is G. B. Brook (Green), G. M'Laren (Blue), Everett, and R. H. Sanderson (Green), the Honorary Secretary. From left to right (back) is J. A. R. Watt (Green), T. Howden (Green), H. Miller (Old Green), Vice Captain, and...
Dates: 1923-1924
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Postcard to John Mandeville Macfie, India from Rev. William Fraser, Aviemore about the Mahabharata translation, 1922

 Fonds — Box: CSWC Small Collections Box 1
Identifier: CSWC 72
Dates: 1922
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Postcard to Professor A. H. Campbell, 3 December 1969

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1423
Scope and Contents

The postcard is dated 3 December 1969, and its origin is Heriot Row [Edinburgh]. It is addressed to Prof. A. H. Campbell, on Braid Hills Road, Edinburgh and is thanks for a 'letter to D. Currie' and indicating that the 'check is correct'. The writer indicates that 'Crabbie, the Nelsons, or Sir D.T. are not for the moment going to be tried, but there is hope 'that someone else will come along with a letter to them'.

Dates: 1969
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Prayer book in Latin and Dutch

 Item — Box: CLX-A-131
Identifier: Coll-1939
Scope and Contents Devotional volume in Latin and Dutch dated 1555, written possibly for a religious community in the diocese of Bruges. ff. 1r-11v: Calendar in red and black, probably of the Bruges area. Entries in red include SS. Basilius ( 14 June), Eligius (25 June and I Dec.), Egidius ( l Sept.) and Donatianus (14 Oct.). F.12 blank. ff. 13r-14r: St John I. 1-14...
Dates: 1555
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 139
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 12
Hall, Edward, b 1898 (Bookseller) 11
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (1729-:) 11
Monro, Alexander, 1733-1817 ("Secundus", Professor of anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 9
Barker, Robert, 1739-1806 (Irish artist) 8
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 8
Moray House College of Education (1959-1991) 8
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780-1847 (Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College) 7
Edinburgh University Dramatic Society 7
Fraser, Sir Thomas Richard, 1841-1920 (Knight ; Professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh) 7
Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932 (biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner) 7
Hume, David, 1757-1838 (judge, Baron of the Scottish Exchequer) 7
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978 (Scottish poet) 7
Barker, Henry Aston, 1774-1856 (Artist) 6
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Koestler, Arthur, CBE, 1905-1983 (Hungarian-British author and journalist) 6
Thomson, Godfrey Hilton, Sir, 1881-1955 (psychologist and Bell Professor of Education, University of Edinburgh) 6
Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) 5
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 5
Christison, Sir Robert, 1797-1882 (1st Baronet | Scottish toxicologist and physician) 5
Church of Scotland 5
Erskine, Ralph, Rev, 1685-1752 (minister and poet) 5
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 5
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 5
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 5
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 5
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957 (writer, reviewer) 5
Playfair, William Henry, 1790-1857 (architect) 5
Robison, John, 1739-1805 (Professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 5
Roslin Institute 5
Royal (Dick) Veterinary College (1839-1951| veterinary college) 5
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 5
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (playwright) 5
University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh University Library 5
Victor Gollancz Ltd 5
Animal Breeding Research Organisation. ABRO (1945 - 1986) 4
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 4
Balfour-Melville, Evan Whyte Melville, 1887-1963 (Senior lecturer in history, University of Edinburgh) 4
Blaikie, William Garden, 1820-1899 (Minister of Pilrig and Temperance Reformer) 4
Brown, George Mackay, 1921-1996 (writer and poet) 4
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet) 4
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 4
Dunfermline College of Physical Education 4
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research 4
Gregory, James, 1638-1675 (professor of mathematics, University of Edinburgh) 4
Hope, Thomas Charles, 1766-1844 (Professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 4
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 4
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 4
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 4
Masson, David Mather, 1822-1907 (Regius Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Edinburgh University) 4
Monro, Alexander, 1697-1767 ("Primus", Professor of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Oldham, Joseph Houldsworth, 1874-1969 (missionary and ecumenist) 4
Playfair, John, 1748-1819 (scientist, mathematician, and professor of natural philosophy, University of Edinburgh) 4
Poultry Research Centre (1947-1986) (research institution) 4
Smith, Sydney Alfred, Sir, 1883-1969 (Professor of Forensic Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Edinburgh) 4
University of Edinburgh. Students Representative Council 4
Young, Thomas, 1725-1783 (physician and professor of midwifery) 4
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 3
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865 (lawyer, poet, professor of Belles Lettres at University of Edinburgh) 3
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 3
Blair, Hugh, 1718-1800 (Church of Scotland Minister, Professor of Rhetoric) 3
Born, Max, 1882-1970 (physicist) 3
Brash, James Couper, 1886-1958 (Professor of Anatomy at Edinburgh University) 3
Bruce, William Speirs, 1867-1921 (polar explorer and oceanographer) 3
Chiene, John, 1843-1923 (Scottish surgeon, Professor of Surgery at the University of Edinburgh ) 3
Christian Salvesen Ltd. (1872-2007) (shipping company) 3
Church Missionary Society 3
Combe, George, 1788-1858 (Phrenologist) 3
Cowan House (student hall of residence) 3
Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658 (English military and political leader) 3
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist) 3
Dott, Norman McOmish, 1897-1973 (Neurosurgeon) 3
East India Company (1600-1874) 3
Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women (1868-1974) 3
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 3
Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816 (Scottish historian and philosopher) 3
Grant, John, fl 1955 (Bookseller) 3
Gregory, James, 1753-1821 (professor of medicine, University of Edinburgh) 3
Henderson, Hamish Scott, 1919-2002 (folklorist, poet, songwriter, soldier, intellectual) 3
Hood, Helen Patuffa, 1889-1967 (harpist) 3
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 3
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research - Edinburgh Research Station. IAPGR (1986-1993) 3
Kendall, Sheena Lilian Grant, 1883-1974 (composer) 3
Knox, John, c 1513-1572 (Scottish preacher) 3
Laws, Robert, 1851-1934 (Scottish missionary) 3
Leighton, Kenneth, 1929-1988 (Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 3
Lodge, Richard, Professor Sir, 1855-1936 (historian) 3
London Missionary Society 3
Love , John, Rev Dr, 1757-1825 (Church of Scotland minister ) 3
MacLaurin, Colin, 1698-1746 (mathematician) 3
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959 (poet, novelist and translator) 3
Muir, Willa, 1890-1970 (novelist, essayist and translator) 3
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage, 1922-1999 (President of Tanzania) 3
Pillans, James (Regent, University of Edinburgh) 3
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (Edinburgh) 3
Simpson, Sir James Young, 1811-1870 (Professor of Midwifery, University of Edinburgh) 3
Stevens, William Victor, 1900-1987 (President of the University of Edinburgh Graduates' Association) 3
Stewart, Sir Thomas Grainger, 1837-1900 (Physician, President of the BMA) 3